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...groupthink, of the marginalization of dissenting views, in a body as big as the IPCC - something critics of the group have complained about for some time. At a meeting of major developing nations in New Delhi earlier this week, Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, called for the IPCC's next major assessment, due in 2014, to include a broader set of scientific viewpoints. "We need to adopt an open attitude to scientific research and incorporate all views," Xie told reporters. "Scientists are waiting for the fifth assessment report and amongst us, we will...
Moreover, this decision underscores the need for major campaign finance reform, perhaps in the form of a constitutional amendment. Without even the slightest of ceilings on corporate and union spending, elections could well turn into auctions—with televisions as auctioneers, corporations and unions as bidders, homes as arenas, and American voters as the prize. Although the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 still stands in certain respects, such that corporations and unions cannot finance candidates directly without limit, this decision could transform elections as we know them...
Having been raised in a Reform Jewish household, I grew up with a sense of personal connection to the state of Israel. As a young adult, I was troubled by various policies and practices of the Israeli government that came to my attention, such as those to which Mr. Rashid referred, yet constantly aware of the innocent Israeli lives lost through terrorist actions. I realized that this issue, like most, cannot be viewed as black and white...
...Party’s momentum, which took a hit after Republican Scott P. Brown won a historically Democratic seat in the Mass. senatorial election last week. Brown will be the 41st Republican Senator, giving his party filibuster power that could derail the Democrats’ plans for health care reform...
...told America. So, who was the guy in the Oval Office behind closed curtains in secret meetings with Congressional Democrats about healthcare legislation? He chose to avoid the very system so deserving and demanding of respect. He sold out a visionary view of our government for health-care reform that actually had very little reform in it. As soon as the Senate announced the passage of the health-care bill on Dec. 24, 2009, stocks for the very industry responsible for the health-care crisis soared...